Please take a minute to read some board basics. We, Monet (mmosle), Stacy (PunkLove), Kelsey (LivinLaVidaLela), and Hollie (xeala) are your Group Owners (GOs). We are here to uphold the guidelines. If you have any questions or concerns, please pass a note to any one of us.

BBC Guidelines:
You'll find more in depth info regarding each of these guidelines by following the link below.

1. Personal attacks are unacceptable.
This may include “grow up”, “get off your high horse”, name calling, among other things. More examples are provided in the Community Guidelines.
Calling someone a "Troll" is against community guidelines. Remember, if you believe an account has been created for malicious purposes, please report to the Community Mods. They are better equipped to handle those situations, whereas Group Owners are very limited.

2. Hate-speech is not permitted.
Examples are provided in the Community Guidelines.

3. Do not deliberately disrupt the community.
If a thread is locked for disrupting the community and a spin off thread is created to continue the argument/drama, that thread will be deleted. If a spin-off is created to address "Drama" from a post that HAS NOT been locked/deleted, the post will be monitored closely, and locked if causing a disruption.
Debates that stay on topic, and are within community guidelines will stay open. However, threads that are created for the purpose of starting drama (fake or real) will be removed.
“Snark” is not a violation, per se, however if the GOs feel your comment(s) are disrupting the board and/or are off-topic, we may contact you to edit your comment, and if no action is taken within a reasonable time-frame, the comment(s) will be deleted.
In addition, all threads/comments that refer to abortion as "murder" will be removed, as will threads/comments that refer to circumcision as “mutilation”.

4. Bullying or harassment will not be tolerated.
Some examples of what is considered bullying or harassment: Excessive messaging to a member to continue a disagreement, even when the member does not respond. Continuously posting on a thread to be disruptive without contributing to the original discussion. Calling out a member, either in a separate thread or within an existing thread, to insult, attack, harass. Stalking a member in other groups (public or private). Leaving harassing comments after you have been removed from a group, or warned to stop. “Ganging up” on a member for opposing beliefs, especially members who are not members of this group.
In addition, all threads/comments that refer to abortion as "murder" will be removed, as will threads/comments that refer to circumcision as “mutilation”.

5. Illegal activity is not allowed on the site.

6. No XXX. (this refers to photos/links to adult sites)
This is includes photos of private parts, both male and female.

8. No soliciting or SPAM.
BBC does not allow anyone to advertise their business or blog, any goods to change hands (including coupons), or any threads asking for votes on public boards. For these purposes, please join the:

For a complete list of guidelines please visit the BBC Community guidelines:
www.babycenter.com/community-help-g...
Helpful Tips:
If you see a thread or comment that you feel needs attention, use the "report this" link found in the bottom right corner and choose the Group Owner option. This is the fastest way for us to be able to respond- we will all get it and it provides us with a link to the thread. Remember, even if we don't provide you with a response about your report, we do read and look into every single one. If we decide action is required, we will take it. While we are all active members on this board, it is impossible for us to read every thread/post. Your participation in keeping this a welcoming birth board is greatly appreciated.
Please remember this is a PUBLIC board. Anything you post here (photos, comments, threads, public journals etc) is public. Anyone who wants to search can find it. (Google your screenname and Babycenter and you may be surprised what comes up). Anything you post here can also be linked to Facebook, myspace, Twitter etc. If you do not want your photos, information, opinions, thoughts etc out there for anyone with determination and a computer to find, don't post it here!
All PANs sent to a GO regarding board business may be shared with the other GOs, unless the sender specifies otherwise.
Profanity/Cursing:
Profanity is not allowed in thread titles. This is against BBC guidelines so please remember if any profanity is used in a thread title it will be deleted. This includes curse words with some letters replaced by symbols (e.g. A$$). Now, on the topic of profanity, we are a diverse group of women here and there is going to be profanity in some of the posts. Please remember, that as long as the profanity is not directly an attack on someone, it will not be removed. If profanity is something you find offensive, it may be best for you to refrain from reading that member's posts in the future.
Copy and Pasting w/in a thread:
While there is no specific BBC guideline regarding C&P, it does have the potential for being considered a Disruption of the Community which is a violation. If you see a violation of guidelines w/in a thread, please use the "Report this" function. When you report something, the GOs have a record of the violation even if the OP deletes the comment. There is no need to disrupt the community by C&P the violation.
Deleting Threads:
You are not able to delete posts once you create them. Only a GO or a Mod can delete them and/or a thread. Threads in this group will only be deleted if they are in violation of the BBC Community Guidelines. If you're going to put it out there, please be prepared to stand by it.
Trigger/Warning Titles:
If you are going to post something that might invoke stress or sadness in some of our nervous moms, please consider putting the word, "Trigger" or "Warning" in the title. This is not a requirement and the GOs can not edit titles to include this, nor will we delete threads that do not include. It is merely a suggestion.
Support only please:
If you're posting something that you know you're not going to be able to handle getting any comments of the opposite perspective please consider putting "Support only, please" at the top of your post. To others reading a post with that in the title, please be compassionate and follow through on the member's request.

Search function:
There is a Search box to the right of the list of threads in the middle of the screen that may come in handy in finding an answer to your question before needing to post and ask. Many of the common questions/topics have been covered many times over.

GO posts:
Please remember that your GOs are members of this community also. They will be involved in threads just like you. If a GO must post on a thread in a GO capacity, they will post in red ink so that you will be able to tell when they are posting as a GO vs. a regular member.

CAPS / lack of paragraphs / Text Speak:
Just a suggestion that you will most likely get more responses to your posts if you do not use the CAPS lock or post one huge block of text without paragraphs. In the same respect, text speak is often hard to read for some members, and that may also change the number of responses you may have gotten had you used better grammar and spelling.

A few links you may find helpful:
Abbreviations:
www.babycenter.com/community-help-a...